Headhunter nerf...

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Draegnarrr wrote:

They could finally just leave it dead, we've sacrificed god knows how many cool uniques over the years I can't really see why HH deserves better treatment than the rest.

Yeah, everything else got nerfed in 3.18. Why should HH get a pass?

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Aynix wrote:

I guess Mageblood nerf next league.

Mageblood is in a good spot. Very rare item with increadible power, a true chase unique.

What is sad - currently there are 0! chase unique weapons. There are not a single unique weapon that would go for 50-100ex+ (in base condition ofc).

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gageris wrote:

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Aynix wrote:

I guess Mageblood nerf next league.

Mageblood is in a good spot. Very rare item with increadible power, a true chase unique.

So like HH? No item is safe.

Headhunter ultimately resulted in this dilemma where they had to decide no god mode and less speed or ignore AN mechanics and be god mode with god speed.

They have chosen to nerf HH.
Hopefully it will stay nerfed for good as it was the biggest power up in mapping packed on a single item and held the game hostage for a lot of years.

Mageblood is fine because it provides defenses mostly.
Giving up unique utlity flasks is quite a thing and its not automatic god mode enabler in maps.

At least we can have "poor-man'HH" if you use Gull with shrine passives and 4 shrines from map device.

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zzang wrote:

Headhunter ultimately resulted in this dilemma where they had to decide no god mode and less speed or ignore AN mechanics and be god mode with god speed.

They have chosen to nerf HH.
Hopefully it will stay nerfed for good as it was the biggest power up in mapping packed on a single item and held the game hostage for a lot of years.

Mageblood is fine because it provides defenses mostly.
Giving up unique utlity flasks is quite a thing and its not automatic god mode enabler in maps.

Where can I sign?




When I started playing PoE and saw HH for the first time, I thought the player was using some kind of cheat....But I was surprised to find that was intentional.

I wonder what the conversation was like during the creation of this item.

DEV1: Hi Chris, I would like to propose that we create challenging and rewarding game modes so that the player can feel fulfilled when they complete it, and in the end have an adequate reward for all their effort and skill in building a well done build.

DEV2: Hi Chris, I have one more idea that you're sure to love, why not add an item that alone can make the player ignore all this building and planning part, and trivialize all this 'difficult' content " ? How about a belt, and your name is HeadHunter?

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kenbak wrote:

I wonder what the conversation was like during the creation of this item.

When that item was created it was absolutely nothing like it is in todays game, it was extremely rare in a HC only league and you couldn't even access it after that league for like 5 leagues afterwards. The game played at about 10% of its current speed and mosta mega sources of rares really didn't exist you might get 5 buffs a map if you were fast enough.

Not really disagreeing that the item became stupid but trust me it really wasn't stupid when they added it and its probably one of the most interesting items they've ever made.

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Draegnarrr wrote:

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kenbak wrote:

I wonder what the conversation was like during the creation of this item.

When that item was created it was absolutely nothing like it is in todays game, it was extremely rare in a HC only league and you couldn't even access it after that league for like 5 leagues afterwards. The game played at about 10% of its current speed and mosta mega sources of rares really didn't exist you might get 5 buffs a map if you were fast enough.

Not really disagreeing that the item became stupid but trust me it really wasn't stupid when they added it and its probably one of the most interesting items they've ever made.

So the question is how was the conversation between the devs for this big change in HH.

Apparently before that, it was a much more cohesive item.